Bottle-stopper



No. 770,654. PATENTED SEPT. 20, 1904. J. REDDIGK.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 6, 1904- NO MODEL.

WITNESSES- [/Vl ENTOR 1 S 1/6356 @Qa/z C/Zi UNITED STATES Patented September 20, 1904.

J ESSA REDDICK, OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 770,654, dated September 20, 1904.

Application filed January 6, 1904:- Serial No. 187,935. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J EssAREDmcK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bloomington, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in bottle-stoppers; and its object is to provide a metallic cap having means whereby the same may be readily removed by means of a key which is connected to the cap.

With the above and other objects "in view the invention consists of a cap having a fluted flange for engaging the end of a bottle-neck, and extending from this cap is a tongue adapted to project through a slot formed within a revoluble key having wings at the ends thereof.

The invention also consists in the further construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a bottle closed by means of my improved bottlestopper. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the cap detached. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the key, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of a blank from .which the cap is adapted to be formed.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, l is a circular cap formed of sheet metal and having a fluted flange 2 at the periphery thereof. A tongue 3 is formed integral with and extends from the flange and is adapted to project into a slot 4, extending longitudinally in a key 5, formed, preferably, of strong wire or like material. Either or both ends of the key are provided with wings 6, by means of which the key can be readily turned manually.

The cap is adapted to be formed from a blank, such as illustrated by Fig. 4, and is secured upon a bottle by clamping the fluted flange 2 about the neck thereof. The tongue 3 is then inserted through slot 4 and the key is rotated, so as to wrap the tongue therearound. The bottle may be delivered in this manner, and when it is desired to open the same it merely becomes necessary to further rotate the key, so as to partly wrap a portion of the flange 2 therearound, and thereby twist the cap from the neck.

It will be seen that the device is extremely simple and inexpensive in construction and obviates the necessity of employing a separate opening device which is likely to become misplaced and without which the cap cannot be conveniently removed.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; but I do not desire to limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall Within the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A closure for bottles comprising a cap having a corrugated bottle-inclosing flange, a tongue extending from said flange and integral with. the cap, and a revoluble key engaging and adapted to wind the tongue, whereby the corrugations are expanded.

2. A closure for bottles formed in a single piece of material and comprising a cap, a corrugated flange integral therewith, a tongue integral with the flange, a longitudinallyslotted key engaging and adapted to wind the tongue whereby the corrugations are flattened and the flange enlarged, and a wing at one end of the key.

3. A bottle-closure formed in a single piece of material and comprising an imperforate cap having a corrugated expansible flange, and a tongue extending from and integral with the flange and adapted when rolled to expand the flange.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JESSA REDDICK.

Witnesses:

MARTIN A. BRENNAN, E. L. MCDUFFEE. 

